#box art
Retro Game Spotlight 076:Star Ship(1977)
Publisher:AtariPlatform: Atari 2600
Designer: Bob Whitehead
Box Art: Cliff Spohn
Trivia: Based on the Atari arcade game Starship 1,Star Ship was the first space-related game developed for the Atari Video Computer System.
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Best Box Art (Part 1): Magnavox Odyssey
What is this, some weird new X-Men project?
Actually, it’s some of the earliest video game box art from 1973. Read more about this forgotten line of games in my new article.
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Fun fact: Atari illustrator Jim Kelly served as the model for the covers to both Othello and Night Driver. That’s right, by established visual cannon, Iago spends his spare time street racing.
[Alt text: The figure presents two images of box art for Atari games. Text on the first box reads “Othello*, video computer system ™, game program ™, 4 video games, Othello*, one player, two players.” Asterisks next to “Othello” are explained with a footnote that reads “Othello ® is a registered trademark of C B S, Inc. for its strategy game and disc equipment.” The image on the box is as follows. In the upper left of the image, a white guy holds his hand to his waxed goatee in contemplation; his curly hair, receding hairline, and wedding band are all visible, despite everything but his face being washed out by a powerful yellow light. Four smaller images of his face and hand appear in succession as the man reaches down to a digitized Othello game board where he makes his move. If one unfocuses their eyes, the five interconnected heads with bushy hair and beards coalesce into a large cartoon caterpillar. The second box is for a game titled “Night Driver ®” and the box contains much of the same superfluous text. The image on the box is as follows. Stock cars are moving on a track at sunset, tightly clustered together. Superimposed over this in the upper left of the image, the same white guy from the first image is wearing a driving helmet that hides any hair and beard except for his thick eyebrows. His face is screwed up in concentration as he tightly grips a steering wheel in front of an ephemeral checkered flag and a digital timer.]
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1941 12 10 Mitsubishi G3M3 Type 96 Torpedo - Shigeo Koike
Genzan Kokutai,Sinking Prince of Wales and Repulse - South China Sea
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1941 12 08 Mitsubishi G3M2 Type 96 Nell - Shigeo Koike - box art Hasegawa
Unit: 3rd chutai, Mihoro kokutai Serial: M-323 Thu Dau Moi, French Indochina, December 8th, 1941.
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Tomb Raider: Underworld is now backward compatible on Xbox One. To celebrate this, never-before-seen box art explorations from Underworld have been released. Take a look!
http://www.laracrofttheraider.com
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I thought this would be a good example of how implied lines are used to direct our eyes in advertising. no matter where you look your eye is directed by implied line to the title. For example say the first thing that catches your gaze is the Wyvern,s face, his entire face is an arrow pointing line towards the sword, which tapers at the grip creating line leading up the sword and up the hunter’s arm creating lines that lead to the shoulders/ head area. the shoulders have lines of spikes that lead the eye to the back wing area which from the tip creates an imaginary line straight to the title.
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To a Japanese only NES / FDS title - Esper Dream! A Konami Action RPG, sort of a mix of Dragon Quest and Zelda II. The manual’s full of cool art though!
Here we have the cover for the game, and it’s logo.
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Ace (US) Vs. Ace (EU) Vs. Ace (EU). 1985/6
Get in touch if you have better scans of any of these!
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Zombie Dinos from Planet Zeltoid (CD-i, US) VS. Zombie Dinos from Planet Zeltoid (PC, US), 1992/5
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Bust A Move (JP) VS. Bust A Groove (US) VS. Bust A Groove (EU), 1998
This post was recommended on twitterby@NonTrotski
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T&E Virtual Golf (JP) VS. GOLF (US), 1995
The fine print on the JP box points out that the image is a stereogram, or magic eye style image. So cool.
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Final Fantasy VII Remake (JP) VS. Final Fantasy VII Remake (US) VS. Final Fantasy VII Remake: Deluxe Edition (EU), 2020
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Final Fantasy VII (JP) VS. Final Fantasy VII (US) VS. Final Fantasy VII (EU) VS. Final Fantasy VII International (JP), 1997
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Jekyll Hakase no Houma ga Toki (JP) VS. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (US), 1988/89
Get in touch if you have a better scan of the JP box!
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International Superstar Soccer 64 (EU) VS. International Superstar Soccer 64 (NA) VS. Jikkyou World Soccer 3 (JP), 1997
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